1. Back to the Future Part 3
(1990)
Description
Back to the FuturePart III is a 1990 American science fiction comedy Western
film. Itis the third and final installment of the Back to the Future trilogy. The
film was directed by Robert Zemeckis and starred Michael J. Fox, Christopher
Lloyd, Mary Steenburgen, Thomas F. Wilson and Lea Thompson. Thefilm
takes place immediately after the events of Back to the Future Part II. While
stranded in 1955, Marty McFly discovers thathis friend Dr. Emmett "Doc"
2. Brown was killed by Biff Tannen's ancestor Buford. Marty decides to travel to
1885 to rescue Doc and return to his own timeline. Filming took place in both
California and Arizona, and the film was released in the United States on May
25, 1990. Thefilm was a commercial success and achieved $244.53 million at
the international box office, making it the 6th highest grossing filmof 1990.
Fan reaction to the film was more positivethan to the first sequel, with many
stating that this entry to the series reflected the original better than PartII.
Critics also gave Part III better reviews than Part II, which had been met with
mostly mixed to positive reactions.
Plot
In 1955, Marty McFly discovers thathis friend Dr. Emmett "Doc" Brown is
trapped in the year 1885. Marty and Doc's 1955 selves usethe information in
Doc's 1885 letter to locate and repair the DeLorean. While retrieving the car,
Marty spots a tombstone with Doc's name, dated six days after the letter.
Learning that Doc was killed by Biff Tannen's ancestor, Buford "Mad Dog"
Tannen, Marty decides to go back to 1885 to saveDoc. Marty arrives on
September 2, 1885, in the middle of a United States Cavalry pursuitof
Indians. Whileevading the pursuit, the DeLorean's fuel line is torn, forcing
Marty to hide the car in a cave and walk to Hill Valley. En route, Marty meets
his Irish great-great-grandparents, Seamus and MaggieMcFly. In Hill Valley,
Marty runs afoul of Buford and his gang. Buford tries to hang Marty, but Doc
saves him. Doc agrees to leave 1885, butwith the DeLorean out of gasoline,
there is no way to accelerate the car to 88 mph. Doc devises a scheme to use
a locomotive to push the DeLorean up to speed. As Doc and Marty explore
the rail spur they intend to use, they spotan out-of-controlhorse-drawn
wagon. Doc saves the passenger, Clara Clayton. The two fall in love, finding
many common interests, especially the works of Jules Verne. Buford tries
killing Doc at a town festival, but Marty intervenes. Buford then goads Marty
into a showdown in two days'time. Consulting the photograph of Doc's
tombstone, they note that Doc's name has disappeared, butthe tombstone is
otherwiseunchanged. Doc tells Marty that the tombstonerepresents the
3. events of the future, and warns Marty that he, not Doc, might be killed by
Buford. The night before their departure, Doc tells Clara that he is fromthe
future, but Clara believes it is an excuse to end their relationship and spurns
him. Doc returns to the town saloon to get drunk, butMarty rides to the
saloon and convinces Doc to leave with him. However, Doc drinks a single
shotof whiskey and passes out. Buford arrives and calls Marty, who realizes
his reputation is unimportant and refuses to fight. Doc revives after being
force-fed the bartender's special "Wake-Up Juice" and tries fleeing with
Marty, but Buford's gang captures Doc, forcing Marty to fight. Marty uses a
firebox door froma stove as a bullet-proof vest, and then hits Buford in the
face with it. During the fistfight that follows, Buford destroys thetombstone
and is arrested. Marty and Doc depart to borrow the locomotive. Clara is
leaving on the train when she overhears a salesman discussing a man he met
in the saloon, despondentabout his lost love. Realizing the man is Doc and
that he loves her, Clara triggers the emergency brakeand runs back to town.
She discovers Doc's modelof the time machine and rides after him. Clara
boards the speeding locomotive while Doc is climbing towards theDeLorean.
Doc encourages Clara to join him, intending to bring her to 1985. As she
climbs to Doc, the overheated locomotive boiler explodes. Clara falls and is
left hanging by her dress. Marty passes thehoverboard to Doc, who uses it to
saveClara. They coastaway fromthe train as the DeLorean disappears
through time, while the locomotive roars over the edge of the incomplete
bridge and is demolished. Marty arrives on October 27, 1985. Heescapes the
powerless DeLorean beforeit is destroyed, fulfilling Doc's instructions, when
a freight train strikes it. Marty returns home, discovering that everything has
returned to the improved timeline. Marty finds Jennifer sleeping on her front
porch. Later, he uses the lessons he learned in 1885 to avoid being goaded
into a street race with Needles, avoiding a potential automobile accident.
Jennifer opens the fax messageshekept from 2015 and finds that the
messageregarding Marty being fired has been erased. Marty takes Jennifer
to the time machine wreckage. As they survey the remains, a steam-powered
locomotive equipped with a flux capacitor appears, manned by Doc, Clara,
and their children, Jules and Verne. Doc gives Marty a photo of the two of
4. them by the clockworks atthe 1885 festival. Jennifer inquires about the fax,
and Doc tells them it means that the futurehas not been written yet. After
the Browns bid farewell to their friends, Doc's train converts into a hovertrain
and roars off into an unknown time.
Cast:
* Michael J. Fox,
* Christopher Lloyd,
* Elisabeth Shue,
* Mary Steenburgen,
* Lea Thompson,
* Thomas F. Wilson,
* Flea,
* Matt Clark,
* Burton Gilliam,
* Harry Carey Jr.,
* Bill McKinney,
* Sean Sullivan,
* J.J. Cohen,
* Marc McClure,
* Christopher Wynne,
* Dub Taylor,
5. * James Tolkan,
* Richard Dysart,
* Donovan Scott,
* Pat Buttram,
* Mike Watson,
* Marvin J. McIntyre,
* Ricky Dean Logan,
* Freddie,
* DannelEvans,
* Todd Cameron Brown,
* Wendie Jo Sperber,
* Brad McPeters,
* Hugh Gillam,
* Marion Tumen,
* Kaleb Henley,
* Steve McArthur,
* Leslie A. Prickett,
* Dean Cundey,
* Jeffrey Weissman,
* Dusty Hill,
* Foster,
* Larry Ingold,
6. * Tim Konrad,
* Jo B. Cummings,
* Leno Fletcher,
* Billy Gibbons,
* John Ickes,
* Michael John Mills,
* Kenny Myers,
* Michael Klastorin,
* Glenn Fox,
* Joey Newington,
* Rod Kuehne,
* James A. Rammel,
* Phinnaes D.,
* Frank Beard,
* Dorothy Hack
Director:
* Robert Zemeckis
Producer:
* Steve Starkey,
* Frank Marshall,
7. * Bob Gale,
* Neil Canton,
* Kathleen Kennedy,
* Steven Spielberg
Screenwriter:
* Robert Zemeckis,
* Bob Gale
Composer:
* Alan Silvestri